Climate Mathematics
eBook - PDF

Climate Mathematics

Theory and Applications

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Climate Mathematics

Theory and Applications

About this book

This unique text provides a thorough, yet accessible, grounding in the mathematics, statistics, and programming that students need to master for coursework and research in climate science, meteorology, and oceanography. Assuming only high school mathematics, it presents carefully selected concepts and techniques in linear algebra, statistics, computing, calculus and differential equations within the context of real climate science examples. Computational techniques are integrated to demonstrate how to visualize, analyze, and apply climate data, with R code featured in the book and both R and Python code available online. Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter with selected solutions available to students to aid self-study and further solutions provided online for instructors only. Additional online supplements to aid classroom teaching include datasets, images, and animations. Guidance is provided on how the book can support a variety of courses at different levels, making it a highly flexible text for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers and professional climate scientists who need to refresh or modernize their quantitative skills.

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Yes, you can access Climate Mathematics by Samuel S. P. Shen,Richard C. J. Somerville in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Meteorology & Climatology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Main Symbols and Acronyms
  10. 1 Dimensional Analysis for Climate Science
  11. 2 Basics of R Programming
  12. 3 Basic Statistical Methods for Climate Data Analysis
  13. 4 Climate Data Matrices and Linear Algebra
  14. 5 Energy Balance Models for Climate
  15. 6 Calculus Applications to Climate Science I: Derivatives
  16. 7 Calculus Applications to Climate Science II: Integrals
  17. 8 Conservation Laws in Climate Dynamics
  18. 9 R Graphics for Climate Science
  19. 10 Advanced R Analysis and Plotting: EOFs, Trends, and Global Data
  20. 11 R Analysis of Incomplete Climate Data
  21. Appendix A Dot Product of Two Vectors
  22. Appendix B Cross Product of Two Vectors
  23. Appendix C Spherical Coordinates
  24. Appendix D Calculus Concepts and Methods for Climate Science
  25. Appendix E Sample Solutions to the Climate Mathematics Exercises
  26. Glossary
  27. Index